Torger Johnson

Torger Johnson
Born1951 (1951)
United States
Died1983 (aged 31–32)
Hawaii
CitizenshipUnited States
OccupationSkateboarder
Years active1960s-1983
Known forEarly skateboarding pioneer; founder of Makaha team
AwardsInducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame (2010)

Torger Johnson (1951 – 1983) was an American skateboarder and surfer.

Life and career

Johnson was born in 1951. He was considered to be one of the early pioneers, and participated in the first International Skateboard Championships in 1965, in Anaheim, California.

He established the Makaha team in 1963. He was also a member of the Hobie Super Surfer team.

He died in a car accident in Maui, Hawaii in 1983.

In 2019, he was posthumously inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame.

References

  1. ↑ Borden, Iain (2019-02-21). Skateboarding and the City: A Complete History. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4725-8347-5.
  2. ↑ Louison, Cole (2011-07-19). Impossible: Rodney Mullen, Ryan Sheckler, and the Fantastic History of Skateboarding. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7627-6800-4.
  3. ↑ "International Skateboard Contest 1965 – LateTricks – Technical and Freestyle Skateboarding". Retrieved 2026-05-04.
  4. ↑ Marcus, Ben (2011-06-07). The Skateboard: The Good, the Rad, and the Gnarly: An Illustrated History. MVP Books. ISBN 978-1-61060-209-9.
  5. ↑ Surfing. Western Empire Publications. 1977.
  6. ↑ Weyland, Jocko (2002). The Answer is Never: A Skateboarder's History of the World. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0-8021-3945-0.
  7. ↑ Todd (2020-04-18). "Torger Johnson". Skateboarding Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved 2026-05-04.